Our Expedition Team

“A Zodiac foray in search of leopard seals with a polar expert had us searching the brash ice that the seals gravitate to. We navigated from ice floe to floe. Sure enough, there it was! We slowly approached the ice while he radioed to other

Zodiacs in the area so they could see too. Will never forget that serpentine smile. (The leopard seal, not the staff.)” — BEN D.,

Guest aboard National Geographic Explorer

DISCOVER THE SELDOM-SEEN POLAR UNDERSEA

BECAUSE THE UNDERSEA IS VITAL TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF

Antarctica, we’ve committed the technology and personnel resources to offer what no other travel company in Antarctica does—an exploration of the vivid and surprising world beneath our ship.

During the voyage, an undersea specialist will don special polar diving gear to explore and shoot video of the Antarctic marine environment and its otherworldly creatures. You’ll get to see this amazing world on TV screens in the warm comfort of the lounge, with our undersea specialist as your guide. You’ll see what lies beneath the ice and discover strange and wonderful lifeforms. In some cases, our specialists have photographed specimens not known to scientists. See the life lived on Antarctica’s ice, and the

marine life found deep beneath the surface.